What would one of the Philippines’ greatest revolutionaries do in this pandemic? HONORING A MAN OF LETTER AND SCIENCE Poster of the documentary On this day, June 19, in 1861, a Filipino icon was born. This well-traveled intellectual not only helped liberate the Philippines with his beliefs and...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Today, as we commemorate Dr. Jose Rizal’s 160 th birth anniversary, we recall his contribution as a poet, essayist, novelist who inspired his fellowmen to aspire for freedom and democracy. Through his novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, he opened...
José Rizal was born a very small child on this day 160 years ago. His father, Francisco Mercado, was a successful farmer while his mother, Teodora Alonso-Realonda, a gobernadorcillio ’s daughter, had a flour mill, a drug store, and a general store to her name. Rizal’s parents were among the...
Some parts of Cainta and Antipolo City in Rizal will experience water interruption for six to eight hours on June 16 and June 17. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In its advisory, Manila Water announced that line maintenance and valve installation will be undertaken in at least three areas in Cainta...
Barred from personally visiting public parks last year, over 250,000 Filipinos still got a taste of the pleasures of promenading Rizal and Paco parks by gluing themselves to their computers and other gadgets last year. The Commission on Audit (COA) has disclosed that the National Parks Development...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Every year, Rizaleños celebrate two successive “Independence Days.” Every 12 th of June, they mark the Nation’s Independence Day together with the rest of our countrymen. A day before that, June 11, Rizaleños celebrate another “Independence Day” –...
Or the question is: Do you do your country proud? Love of country is a two-way street. Most of us aren’t given a chance to do our country proud, like Lea Salonga or Juan Luna or Yuka Saso, but that’s what we think. This country is made up of you and me and, in more ways than one, in a way often...
It is a charming and, in its own way, fascinating correspondence... the letters they exchanged also illustrate something that is very rare, the evolution of a purely intellectual friendship. —Leon Ma. Guerrero THESE CZECHS LOVE THE PH Jaroslav Olsa Jr., former Czech ambassador of the...
Residents and workers in Rizal province are in for a long weekend break, starting Friday, June 11, due to the twin holidays preceding Sunday. Proclamation No. 1150, signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, by the authority of President Duterte, had earlier declared June 11, 2021, as a...
President Duterte is considered a hero and a giant slayer like David after making a huge difference in the country, according to religious leader Apollo Quiboloy. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares There has been a string of some positive developments lately, giving us a breather from the steady stream of disappointing news in the past few months. First is the good news that the long-delayed opening of the additional stations comprising the Light Rail...
The Jose Rizal Memorial University (JRMSU) in Zamboanga del Norte said it is currently investigating students behind the viral "BTS Biot (gay)" photoshoot which drew flak from netizens. (Photo from Facebook) The photoshoot, conducted by two of its senior high school students, made the rounds on...
